“Get Your Motor Running,” Chapter 15 of my second memoir, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.

Murder, He Dreamed

Ever feel like you should be on trial for something?With what we get away with over our life’s course,do you…

Back from Korea,I realize to my horrorwhen I wake up,dizzy from jet-lag,that I have to cook for myself.Breakfastand lunchand dinner.All…

On Jeju Island we travel rough backroads on our small bus,bumping along narrowly through perfectly planted fields,row on row of…

The Gyeongju National Museum houses a collection of art and artifactsspanning the 1000-year history of the Korean peninsula’s Silla period.The…

Annie and I had planned to ride the ziplinefrom the mainland to Nami Island,famous as the romantic setting for Winter…

There are soldiers buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busanwhose bodies were not returned to their home countries.Examining…

I’m back home from my trip to Korea,watching the election returns, the right to vote,a cornerstone of our democracy, a…

We eat well on this tour, a different restaurant for most meals.The breakfasts included at each of our hotels provide…

I’m back, I thought, as I stepped off the plane,returned to my ancestral home once more,recalling all my blood bound…

In the evening as the sun slips down in the horizon line,I see myself glimmering in the airport window glass,a…

We’re visiting the TV set of Mister Sunshine, the first Korean drama I ever watched,back in 2019, after my first…

Right now, we’re on a South Korean island, Jeju,sitting in what China calls the East China Sea,and what the Koreans,…

I’m back in Korea, the birthplace of my father’s parents,which means I’m again seeing people everywherewho appear as though they…

If you’d ask me 20 years ago how I felt about phones,I’d have said something along the lines of them…

We five have known each other more than 30 years.Post-pandemic, we meet for coffee, jokingthat we’ve become the senior citizens…

The beginning’s in the end, you know.Good advice, like how a closing door signalssome new one opening, or a window,…

You surprise me, knocking on my door after 15 years,but I recognize that face behind the mask instantly.The last time…